Making a living in live 3/6 games??

[BWillie]

I have heard some guys I play with say that it is their job, playing live 3/6 limit at the casinos around where I live, which I find hard to believe. The stakes just aren't high enough. I mean you could make a living I guess, but I don't see how you could consisently make more than 20K a year and that would be playing 40 hours plus. You figure you see 33 hands or so an hour, and even if you are a 3 BB/100 hands winner that is only six dollars an hour. I would like to get to the point where I can consistently beat 10/20 limit live. I think one could make a living of about 40-50K if they were really good in the live games.

there guys must not see alot of sunlight huh? I also find this hard to believe.

[Photoc]

Well, 1.5bb/hr would be about the norm. $9/hr at MOST and it's probably not anywhere close to that. I'd rather work for a living than make 6 bucks an hour playing poker for a living.

[Randy_Refeld]

I have known some people that squeeze out an existance at 3-6 (or 4-8) in B&M. I know of a couple that got a check from teh governament for mental problems and I know one that jsut isnt' that good, but with the growth in poekr he has been able to move up to 10-20.

Some people like the "freedom" of being able to go in when they want more than the money they woudl make workign a regular job. Also I guess if you were uneducated making $10 an hour sitting in a casino is better than making $10 an hour doing something else.

[A_C_Slater]

No way. Maybe if the rake was similar to online, but not if it's $4 max or more up to 10%. These guy's must have some other source of income that they don't mention. Even living in a cheap studio and no other expenses but food this would be hard. It is possible if these are your only bills, but it's more likely they have unemployment checks or an inheritance or something.

You would have to play at least 10-20 with B&M rake.

[shant]

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Well, 1.5bb/hr would be about the norm. $9/hr at MOST and it's probably not anywhere close to that. I'd rather kill myself than make 6 bucks an hour playing poker for a living.

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[The Goober]

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I have heard some guys I play with say that it is their job, playing live 3/6 limit at the casinos around where I live

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Maybe they meant that they are props? That would make playing 3/6 a job, but doesn't necessarily mean that they make a living at it. I would think a winning player getting a small hour wage could eek out a living playing 3/6, but it wouldn't be a great one.

If they aren't props, then they are probably FOS. Why would anyone who was good enough to beat 3/6 for enough BB/hour to live on not move up to a bigger game? Bankroll could be a problem, but it all it would take would be one big night or a jackpot to get enough to sit in a 5/10 game, or whatever the next step up is in your area.

Generally live 3-6 games are about equal in skill to .5-1 internet games, and sometimes worse.

If you are a good player, I wouldnt be surprised to see you earning more than 3bb/100 with good seat/table selection in 3-6 live

[phish]

I've known guys who make their living grinding it out at the tiny limits. They can do this because they eat all their food at the casino, using comps, and more importantly, they get all their drinks free at the casino. These guys are generally alchoholics or close to it and getting free drinks saves a ton of money for them. Plus the games are soft enough that they can beat it even when in their perpetual state of semi-drunk/drunk.

It's not much of a life. More of a subsistence really. But is it really worse than washing dishes or scaling fish for minimum wage?

[lefty rosen]

You can easily beat a 3/6 live game for about 9 to 12 an hour. Now if you want a high stress job for 12 bucks an hour minus expensive casino food/gas and tips is another story. Usually if a guy is pro he is a student/house husband, or welfare/ disability pension scammer.